---------- > From: pearson@rio.com Genealogy and the Census have little if anything in common in Washington, D.C.. The Democrats ack- nowledge that the current methodology is costly and error prone. The Republicans feel that the bulk of the newly discovered people will vote Democrat. The Republicans may be right. The Republicans control both the House and Senate. The Census methodology issue has been politicized. No new legislation will become law in this session. Count on it. Jim Pearson